Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
Born: 1968-11-05 in Rome, Lazio, Italy
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (born 5 November 1968 in Rome, Italy) is a Spanish-Italian film actress. Best known for playing dramatic roles in Spain, Sánchez-Gijón is known in the United States for her portrayal of Victoria Aragon, a pregnant and abandoned Mexican-American winegrower's daughter who is helped by travelling salesman Paul Sutton (Keanu Reeves) in A Walk in the Clouds (1995). She has since built a reputation as an international star in films such as Manuel Gomez Pereira's Boca a Boca (1996), Bigas Luna's The Chambermaid on the Titanic (1997), Jaime Chavarri's Sus Ojos Se Cerraron (1998), Gabriele Salvatores' adaptation of the Niccolò Ammaniti novel I'm not scared (2003) and Brad Anderson's The Machinist (2004). Description above from the Wikipedia article Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2026
- Bitter Christmas as Mónica
2025
- The Low Land as Carmen Membrado
- Fury ... (Thanks)
- La conquista de la democracia ... (Presenter)
2024
- La Revuelta as Self - Guest
- Breathless as Pilar Amaro
- The First Look as Self - Narrator (voice)
2023
- My Other Jon
- Something Is About to Happen as Roberta
- The Memory of Cinema: A Film About Fernando Méndez-Leite as Self - Actress
- Survivor's Day as Elena Paz
2022
- Martínez y hermanos as Self - Guest
- Under Her Control as Beatriz
2021
- Parallel Mothers as Teresa
- El Corazón del Imperio as Julia Mesa
- Fish Bones as Carmen
2020
- Velvet Colección: Grand Finale as Blanca Soto Fernández
- Alex's Strip as Vera
- Anatomy of a Dandy as Self - Narrator (voice)
2018
- Querido Fotogramas as Self
- Thi Mai as Elvira
- Volcánica
2017
- The Velvet Collection as Blanca Soto
- Estoy vivo as Comisaria Verónica "Vero" Ruiz
2015
- Disco Inferno
- Teresa as Doña Jimena
2014
- Velvet as Blanca Soto
- The Misfits Club as Madre de Valeria
2011
- Drifters as Vima
- Maktub as Beatriz
- La muerte de Otilia Ruiz as Blanca Lupino
2010
- The Widow from Valencia as Leonarda
2009
- The Frost as Rita
2008
- Tell Me About Love as Nicole
2007
- Oviedo Express as Mariola Mayo
- The Nautical Chart as Tánger Soto
2006
- The Backwoods as Isabel
- Wounded Animals as Claudia
- El genio tranquilo
2004
- The Machinist as Marie
- Los 80 as Nuria Acosta
- With Good Reason
- The Whore and the Whale as Vera
2003
- I'm Not Scared as Anna
- A Man, a Real One as Dolores
- Carta mortal
2001
- Hombres felices as Ana
- Mi dulce as Ángela
- Without a Trace as Ana
1999
- Volaverunt as Cayetana, Duquesa de Alba
- Jealousy as Carmen
- Ruleta
- Yerma as Yerma
1998
- Tangos Are for Two as Juanita
1997
- Love Walked In as Vicky Rivas
- Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health as Model
- The Chambermaid on the Titanic as Marie
1996
- La leyenda de Balthasar el Castrado as Maria de Loffredo
1995
- A Walk in the Clouds as Victoria Aragón
- La Regenta
- Mouth to Mouth as Amanda
- La Regenta as Ana Ozores
- The Frontier Law as Bárbara Miller Molina
1994
- La mujer impuntual
- Blind Man's Bluff as Bianca
1993
- The Greek Labyrinth as Bernadette
- The Perfect Husband as Klara
- Havanera 1820 as Amelia Roig
- The Bird of Happiness as Nani
1992
- Deseo Oculto
- Hidden Desire as Julia
1991
- El crimen de Perpignan as Yvette Romero
1990
- The Monk as Sister Ines
1989
- Going Down in Morocco as Elena
- The Sea and the Weather as Mer
1988
- Jarrapellejos as Isabel
- Rowing with the Wind as Teresa Guiccioli
- Viento de cólera
- No hagas planes con Marga as Charo
1986
- Segunda Enseñanza
- Romanza final (Gayarre) as Alicia